dressing

n.

1. A food mixture

   stuffing, filling, forcemeat.

   Types of dressings include: bread, giblet, oyster, chestnut, potato, prune, plum, apple, duck, turkey, chicken, fish, clam, wild rice.

2. A flavoring sauce

   Salad dressings include: mayonnaise, French, Russian, Thousand Island, green goddess, blue cheese, Roquefort, Italian, Caesar, vinaigrette, boiled, oil and vinegar;

3. An external medical application

   bandage, cast, plaster cast, gauze pad, adhesive tape, Band-Aid (trademark), compress, strip, gauze, tourniquet, pack, poultice, wet dressing, plaster, fomentation, application; see also cast 4.

4. The act of clothing

   getting dressed, arraying, robing, appareling, changing, making a toilette, adorning, decking.

5. Fertilizer

   manure, humus, compost, leaf mold; see fertilizer.